Health claim evidence requirements in Japan

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Yamada, Kazuhiko ^a   Sato Mito, Natsuko ^a   Nagata, Junichi ^a   Umegaki, Keizo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BIOTIN; CALCIUM; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FARNOQUINONE; FOLIC ACID; IRON; MAGNESIUM; NICOTINIC ACID; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENTAL HEALTH; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 44449118314     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/138.6.1192s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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